Summer baseball: Sudbury blanks Ashland Legion

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Jun 15, 2012 at 12:01 AMJun 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM

Matt McGavick, Thulani Denaro and Joey Westerman combined on a one-hit shutout as Sudbury broke open a close game with a nine-run seventh inning to spoil host Ashland’s season opener with a 10-0 win in a Zone 5A Legion matchup last night.

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Matt McGavick, Thulani Denaro and Joey Westerman combined on a one-hit shutout as Sudbury broke open a close game with a nine-run seventh inning to spoil host Ashland’s season opener with a 10-0 win in a Zone 5A Legion matchup last night.

McGavick, a reliever at Union College, started, did not allow a hit in five innings and finished with four strikeouts. Denaro struck out two in a hitless sixth and Westerman struck out one and allowed one hit in the seventh.

Ashland’s Luke Cuneo broke up the no-hitter with a two-out single in the seventh. Twin brother Matt Cuneo started for Ashland and allowed just one run in five innings.

With Sudbury (2-0) holding a 1-0 lead, Denaro’s three-run triple sparked the seventh-inning rally. Sam Miller and Patrick Woodridge hit RBI doubles in the seventh. Alex McLaughlin tripled and scored Sudbury’s first run on a passed ball in the third.

NATICK 4, NEWTON 2: Derek Reddy threw a three-hitter with six strikeouts and also went 3-for-3 with a double, RBI and two stolen bases to lead Natick (2-1) past visiting Newton in a Zone 5A game at Mahan Field. Matt Heinlein went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and Alex Benson hit an RBI single for Natick. Post 107 took A 2-0 lead in the first, made it 3-1 in the fourth and 4-1 in the fifth.

FRANKLIN 2, NEEDHAM 2: Brian Campbell hit an RBI double in the first inning and scored the tying run in the seventh as Franklin (0-2-1) rallied to tie visiting Needham in a Zone 6 West matchup called because of darkness. Franklin starter Brendan Kuzio worked 5 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and two earned runs while striking out four. Reliever Bob Chaiton struck out five of the six batters he faced in 1 2/3 innings.

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